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> With the default settings in MySQL if you shut down an innodb database incorrectly you will loose data if not the entire table, should we vilify them for the
by jeltz 14y ago
> With the default settings in MySQL if you shut down an innodb database incorrectly you will loose data if not the entire table, should we vilify them for the same thing.
Yes, we should. I do not think shipping unsafe defaults is ok.
> I am not going to setup a new linux box without changing the root password
This is why most Linux installers prompt you for the password.
- gwagner85 14y ago> Yes, we should. I do not think shipping unsafe defaults is ok. Isn't it the difference between shipping a product open enough and with enough barriers torn down to get the hobbyist hooked (drug dealers) and the expert will have a script to fix all those hols anyway. And agreed, shipping with unsafe defaults is bad for the expert but very very good for the novice. > This is why most Linux installers prompt you for the password. The key word there is MOST.